Question

Write a paragraph that objectively summarizes Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" and explains his purpose.

Answer 1

Answer:

A Modest Proposal For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland,               from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick was published in 1729, as Swift's ironic response to the impoverishment to which Ireland was reduced by England.

Explanation:

The proposal is to make useful citizens out of starving children by feeding them to the rich, and by doing so solve the problems of starvation, overpopulation, and unemployment.